The three men were arrested last December following a four-month investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office.

The video, which went viral on social media, showed three men smiling and joking while a shark was violently dragged behind their boat. "Look, it’s already almost dead," said one man laughing and pointing at the shark.

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Wenzel's Instagram account also showed him allegedly manhandling pelicans, catching illegal tarpon, and in one photo, holding a dead dog with a rope around its neck and insinuating that it will soon be fed to sharks.